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Grampus   Listen
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Grampus  n.  (pl. grampuses)  
1.
(Zool.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.
2.
A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. (U.S.)






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"Grampus" Quotes from Famous Books



... it looked so. Tubby Blaisdell was splashing about in the pool before the canoe landing like a young grampus. Tubby was always getting into more or less serious predicaments, and he always "lost his head" and usually had to be ...
— Wyn's Camping Days - or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club • Amy Bell Marlowe



Words linked to "Grampus" :   Grampus griseus, Orcinus, sea wolf, genus Grampus, orca



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